The fate of Alaska’s smaller public radio stations is in doubt after Congress passed a bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years.

Public broadcasters in Alaska are getting help from financial assistance programs due to the pandemic but still face an uncertain future amid the state’s long-standing fiscal challenges. Last year, Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed all state funding — more than $2.7 million — for the state’s 27 public broadcasters.

The value of the system matters because it helps determine the amount of property taxes the pipeline's owners must pay to the state and municipalities it crosses.

In the fall of 2019, Tom Begich and I sat in the Atwood Building lobby, waiting to meet with Gov. Mike Dunleavy. That meeting marked the start of a four-year effort to pass the Alaska Reads Act — a comprehensive policy aimed at improving early literacy for Alaska’s children.

KTOO could lose one-third of its budget if the House passes a bill cutting funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting

Alaska Public Media plans to expand its television broadcast service of south Anchorage through a proposed acquisition of KTVA from Alaska-based service provider GCI Communication Corp. The license transfer, pending with the FCC, will improve over–the-air reception of AKPM’s public TV service for up to 85,778 people, wrote AKPM GM Ed Ulman in an email, citing a coverage study by AKPM ...

More than $15 million in annual federal funding for Alaska's 27 public media stations is at stake as the U.S. Senate this week is set to take up a Trump administration request to claw back federal funding.